All Outputs (4)

The resonance of Mike Jackson's work with the use of systems ideas in community operational research (2024)
Journal Article
Herron, R. J. M., Mendiwelso Bendek, Z., Salinas Navarro, D. E., Vilalta‐Perdomo, E., & Weaver, M. W. (online). The resonance of Mike Jackson's work with the use of systems ideas in community operational research. Systems Research and Behavioral Science, https://doi.org/10.1002/sres.3100

The body of work of Mike Jackson covers several major themes in OR/Systems Thinking and articulates key aspects of Critical Systems Thinking; with an interest throughout in applications to complex social challenges. In this paper, as a direct respons... Read More about The resonance of Mike Jackson's work with the use of systems ideas in community operational research.

A systems approach to understanding the perspectives in the changing landscape of responsible business in Scotland (2017)
Journal Article
Weaver, M. W., Crossan, K., Tan, H., & Paxton, S. (2018). A systems approach to understanding the perspectives in the changing landscape of responsible business in Scotland. European Journal of Operational Research, 268(3), 1149-1167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2017.11.050

The purpose of this paper is to present an application of community O.R. (COR), using soft system methodology (SSM) to help a grant-maker to understand how to unlock and release more resources into communities. The problem area under investigation is... Read More about A systems approach to understanding the perspectives in the changing landscape of responsible business in Scotland.

A unifying view of goods and services supply chain management (2010)
Journal Article
Niranjan, T. T., & Weaver, M. (2011). A unifying view of goods and services supply chain management. Service Industries Journal, 31(14), 2391-2410. https://doi.org/10.1080/02642069.2010.504821

Ambiguities in the constructs that are the building blocks of research may have hindered advancement of service operations knowledge/research. To alleviate this situation, the authors identify similarities and differences between goods and services t... Read More about A unifying view of goods and services supply chain management.

Determining inventory service support levels in multi-national companies (2008)
Journal Article
Taylor, G. D., Love, D. M., Weaver, M. W., & Stone, J. (2008). Determining inventory service support levels in multi-national companies. International Journal of Production Economics, 116(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2008.05.020

Multi-national manufacturing companies are often faced with very difficult decisions regarding where and how to cost effectively manufacture products in a global setting. Clearly, theymust utilize efficient and responsive manufacturing strategies to... Read More about Determining inventory service support levels in multi-national companies.